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Main => Forum/Website Discussion => Topic started by: sirwoogie on January 17, 2006, 08:50:52 pm

Title: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: sirwoogie on January 17, 2006, 08:50:52 pm
I've bumped up the maximum avatar size to 120x120.

Let me know if this is a problem for anybody.
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: HaRuMaN on January 18, 2006, 05:39:46 am
w00t!
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: missioncontrol on January 18, 2006, 09:09:14 am
the only problem is that now I'm going to have to do stuff to make a biffer avatar
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: SirPoonga on January 18, 2006, 05:58:50 pm
Now my avatar is pixalated! Does it have to stretch the avatar?
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: sirwoogie on January 18, 2006, 07:37:50 pm
Now my avatar is pixalated! Does it have to stretch the avatar?

Looks like that if it is linked from another site it'll try to resize it. If you upload the avatar, it'll only resize if it's bigger than the limit. I've taken the liberty to download the image you linked and upload it to the site.
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: SirPoonga on January 19, 2006, 10:10:42 am
If you upload it (however you did that) is it then available in the dropdown list for new users to use?
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: sirwoogie on January 19, 2006, 10:14:25 am
If you upload it (however you did that) is it then available in the dropdown list for new users to use?

Nope.
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: Kremmit on January 19, 2006, 11:00:57 pm
Sweet, now my old avatar is finally viewable.
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: quarterback on January 20, 2006, 01:22:30 am
Sweet, now my old avatar is finally viewable.

What is that, a pirate?
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: SirPoonga on January 20, 2006, 10:57:06 am
So where did my avatar go?
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: missioncontrol on January 20, 2006, 11:45:06 am
So where did my avatar go?

I took it when you weren't looking......
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: sirwoogie on January 20, 2006, 04:13:36 pm
So where did my avatar go?
Don't know, but it wasn't there. I uploaded it again and selected it.
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: Kremmit on January 20, 2006, 09:15:12 pm
Sweet, now my old avatar is finally viewable.

What is that, a pirate?

Aaargh, ye bastart!
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: Harry Potter on January 23, 2006, 12:42:14 pm
Since I'm linking my avatar from another site (and it's an animated GIF), can I use the [img] tags to resize it? It looks bad stretched.
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: missioncontrol on January 23, 2006, 11:40:28 pm
there's a site that can do that for you....

http://www.gifworks.com/
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: Harry Potter on January 24, 2006, 01:16:33 pm
It's already a small size and I wanna keep it that way. Unfortunately the site seems to stretch it to it's maximum size.

It's no big deal but it would be nice if everyone could drop what they're doing and fix it now.

I can't hold the hounds back for much longer.  ;)
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: sirwoogie on January 24, 2006, 05:04:15 pm
HP, I don't have a good answer just yet, but I'm working on it. The way the forum administration works is that I can set a max size, but I also set "Resize through HTML" so that if anybody puts in one larger, they still get the avatar, but it resizes so we don't get some huge image. The problem with the logic on the board is that it applies the size to anything, even if it is smaller.

The easiest way right now to fix is to upload the avatar instead of using the URL link. That will upload the avatar in its native format as long as it's below 120x120 and retain the native size.
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: Harry Potter on January 26, 2006, 09:14:51 am
Damn I'm stupid. I thought I read somewhere on this board that you couldn't upload animated gifs to the site.

Works like a charm now. Thanks.  :)
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: sirwoogie on January 26, 2006, 02:28:31 pm
Damn I'm stupid. I thought I read somewhere on this board that you couldn't upload animated gifs to the site.

You're half right. As long as the image is smaller than the forum max, it will leave it untouched. The issue is that if the image is larger than the forum maximum (in this case 120), then it will download the image, resize, but then save the format as png. Since they are using GD (which doesn't support GIF anymore) the animation is pitched.
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: Stingray on January 30, 2006, 04:42:48 pm
Sweet, now my old avatar is finally viewable.

I always wondered what that was.

What is it? ;)

-S
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: Kremmit on February 04, 2006, 11:12:31 pm
Eff yoo-ooo-oo!
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: Santoro on February 06, 2006, 09:07:10 pm
Awesome, I took advantage right away.  Thanks!
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: shmokes on February 10, 2006, 05:03:23 pm
For a long time I thought it was a weird skeleton looking pirate too, with a red bandana on his head.  Then one day I saw it and realized that it's just a little robot remeniscent of the guy from Lost in Space or something.
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: Kremmit on February 10, 2006, 11:28:54 pm
We are not having this conversation again.
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: missioncontrol on February 10, 2006, 11:52:10 pm
it was allways that thing to the left that threw me off on what it was
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: quarterback on February 11, 2006, 12:38:44 am
it was allways that thing to the left that threw me off on what it was

Wire mesh pencil holder?
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: Kremmit on February 11, 2006, 03:10:24 am
it was allways that thing to the left that threw me off on what it was

Wire mesh pencil holder?

Yup.  What's on the right?
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: quarterback on February 11, 2006, 03:32:46 am
it was allways that thing to the left that threw me off on what it was

Wire mesh pencil holder?

Yup.  What's on the right?

My guess is that it's a watch.   Perhaps a Rolux? :D
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: missioncontrol on February 11, 2006, 07:39:00 am
a gold swingline stapler?
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: Kremmit on February 12, 2006, 10:07:42 pm
it was allways that thing to the left that threw me off on what it was

Wire mesh pencil holder?

Yup.  What's on the right?

My guess is that it's a watch.   Perhaps a Rolux? :D

We have a winner, it's the wife's Seiko.   8)

Your prize is in the mail.  You win an credit card offer, it should show up any day now.
Title: Re: Upgrade of Avatar sizes
Post by: quarterback on February 12, 2006, 11:11:44 pm
it was allways that thing to the left that threw me off on what it was

Wire mesh pencil holder?

Yup.  What's on the right?

My guess is that it's a watch.   Perhaps a Rolux? :D

We have a winner, it's the wife's Seiko.   8)

Your prize is in the mail.  You win an credit card offer, it should show up any day now.

Hooray for me!!!!!!    Thanks Kremmit!!   :D